| Sufjan Stevens – Kill Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| on third thought, probably is about cain and abel indeed. i give up. have at it. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Kill Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| on second thought, the father figure is probably his brother.. and i'm to lazy to reinterpret, so i hope that doesnt skew my interpretation too much. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Kill Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm assuming that a) this song is based off of Elliott Smith's Roman Candle and the extremely familiar rhyme scheme/music/lyrical content is not a coincidence, and that b) Elliott Smith's song Roman Candle was written about his step-father, which seems suggested by the lyrics due to Elliott's past relationship with him. So therefore, I am assuming this song is about a father figure as well. He took the stable Bred me to be a mare Made the bretheren able Gave me a room So his father (he) took the place where he was born (stable), and had him only to have grandchildren and continue the family (I make this assumption from context later in the song, which I will mention, as well as the mare being a female horse who has had at least one fowl, as well as the next line) He made male descendants possible (Made the brethren able) and provided shelter for him (gave him a room) I never asked him I never meant to stay He dressed the table Wore a dress to be my mare He never asked his father to give him a room, and it was not his will to stay in there. The father provided food to him (dressed the table), and acted as a mother figure to him. (this was the context i spoke of, there is no other explanation for the father acting as the mare that i can see.) There's no permanence When you never leave the stall He ran to other wars Won't write me at all There's nothing left behind but memories once you leave your home, there's nothing to keep from your past relationships with your father. (No permanence when you leave the stall.) His father left to fight in wars. (maybe the word other here means that they fought a lot, as many fathers and sons do, and their relationship was like a war. or, perhaps the job of providing for his son was a fight to him.) Now that his male descendants were assured, he wasn't afraid to die. His purpose was served, his son was unimportant to him beyond this, so he never wrote to him or tried to contact him. (wont write me at all) I want to kill him I want to cut his brain And when it's over I know I'll feel okay The repressed hate and anger, the frustration in not being able to do anything but bottle up the pain, the thought, rather the absolute certainty, that if he could bring pain to his father then he would feel better about what happened to them. I don't believe that hurting him would really make him feel better, this is just how much pain he is in, but this is just my opinion. He was a champion We were riding side by side Into the frontier He left me without a ride They are still horses in the song, so the meaning of champion might mean that his dad was not only great, but fully grown. They were tackling this wilderness that we call life together (riding side by side into the frontier.) Then his father just abandoned him to fight in the war, leaving nothing for his son but a memory. Where did the hour go When the champions intercede? He stole the cargo Took every chance to leave He's asking why he was never given a moment (where did the hour go) to plea in an attempt to persuade him not to go off to die in a war. I am also assuming he is a man at this point, since they are now both champions. (when the champions intercede?) He took everything of value that belonged to him and his son (stole the cargo) and attempted to leave whenever he thought possible. There's no permanence When you never leave the stall He ran to other wars Won't write me at all I want to kill him I want to cut his brain And when it's over I know I'll feel okay I want to kill him I want to cut his face And when it's over I know I'll feel okay I want I want I want I want |
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| Built to Spill – Liar Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| No, he doesn't. | |
| Cloud Cult – Chandeliers Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Actually I'm wrong, he is indeed saying "this," it just sounded like earth because he said it in 2 syllables. My apologies. | |
| Cloud Cult – Chandeliers Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I'm definitely hearing "I built the earth," but you're right about "Pretty shards of glass tickling my ears." | |
| The Avett Brothers – The Ballad of Love and Hate Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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it's about always returning to one person. no matter how much they screw up, you can leave them and be with other people, but in the end you return to them. i hate this song. |
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| Cloud Cult – Close Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Mine are indeed mixed up. My mistake. | |
| Cloud Cult – It's What You Need Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I'm going to have to concur. | |
| Elliott Smith – Struck Down Again Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| also, i hear "waiting for this evil spell to end" rather than waiting for this needle spout to end. | |
| Elliott Smith – Struck Down Again Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| at the moment it's at http://hypem.com/track/294636/Elliott+Smith+(live)-strung+out+again+(early+version) | |
| Elliott Smith – Place Pigalle Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| considering that Elliott did stay in and was referring to the Place Pigalle of Paris, then the meaning of the song seems to be rather obvious. Falling in love with a girl while he's only staying there temporarily on a holiday and wanting to save the relationship but the long distance and separate continents prevent anything more than a temporary relationship. Probably more to the symbolism, but i'm too lazy to analyze the whole song. | |
| Cloud Cult – Lights Inside My Head Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I can relate to this more than anything right now. I wish he didn't say "Lucy." | |
| Elliott Smith – You Make It Seem Like Nothing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Way on earth or river, air is thin He actually says "Way on up there where the air is thin" I think he does anyway. |
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| Elliott Smith – A Living Will Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this is more accurate for the third verse, but I'm not 100% sure of it. "Timeless, I was a wired animal in a cage, First it's all the reaction, now it's all the rage" Great song though. |
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| Elliott Smith – Stickman Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Anyone else catch this? "Hate might paint me red If I load my magazine But not just now when it's easy to stay clean When no one sees where you're bleeding" Paint him red, if he loads his magazine.. as in, shoot himself? But not just now when it's easy to stay clean. Hm. |
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| Elliott Smith – I Can't Answer You Anymore Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| When I hear this I think of a girl repeatedly leaving or breaking up with him when a guy is in love with her and treating her right (I did everything right for somebody that does everything wrong). He keeps taking her back because he's deeply in love with her. And finally, she leaves him, and stays away for a while (Absence makes the heart grow fond, staying away from people). He gets his head together, and she comes back to him again. But this time it's different, and he can't answer her anymore. | |
| Elliott Smith – Bottle Up and Explode Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i don't know you guys.. excellent song.. but me and my friend thought of it as referring to taking speed, bottling up your horniness, then exploding with horniness adn wanting to fuck | |
| Cloud Cult – Step Forward Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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By far my favorite song by Cloud Cult. Don't know how on earth it's a B-side and not actually on the album. |
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| Cloud Cult – Close Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song is titled "Who Killed Puck?", if I'm not mistaken. | |
| Cloud Cult – Where It Starts Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I found god when I was twelve with my cousin, trying to get up ________ He says, I found god when I was twelve with my cousin, trying to get a buzz from shots of Listerine. I found god on a Wednesday afternoon, drinking boxed one and wishing you would call me he says boxed wine. Great song though. |
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